Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1887-05-03
lCovyhse,. issi. By A,-ood A fOrb.s.
THE GOOD OLD TIMES OF A
CENTURY AGO.
BY JuD0E G. +. WHITMAN.
Chapter w.
Az uSwEIooME VISITOR.
Chapter w.
,N uSwrIoonr VISITOR.

Again the piercing shrek was heard.
and at apparently a lees distance than
tefore.
at iss panther" quietly remarked
Graham. "we bad better hun, the
beas, than have IL hunt US"
"wsl. hunter. I que" sr hsow ytol
an me air nuf fur thur eri,'er.' respond.
ed Jeremiah.
"All night. S~ipes. but II will be veil
TO fecollec, that We are no, ''ofming Bn,.
ish works. nor hgh,ing redskins. We
shall have TO deal with something thu,
ha. more kick in IL. hind lss.." '.Ii the
hunter
"ye nesdn', rubble 'bou, Jeremiah
he'll re.k hi, scalp ~hIr ysOu will YOUTH
any day. Go shed an I'll be thar"
A. they is,usd from the camp. ne,
sound broke the .,illnss. OF the night.
The mcon had gone do~n.ni. the for
80, was .hroadsd In d.rkne- The res,
OF the party, with loaded mu.ke,'
in hand. stood near the camp a~.iiius
de,,lopsmsn,..
"whr du ye ,pc'e thur eri,isf Is ,
asked the tall yankee. after v.inly peer.
ins around TO ascertain the locality the
snim.l "a. in. "Shs'. probly gu, 'e,r,
an l,n."
"lou reed no, be worried sbol, that.
S-ipe.. She may make spring for "a.
before ~e know It" remarked Gfsh.m.
IL, er come Thar she u " u
claimed S-ips.. pointing hi. gun io~Ard
dark otj,oi several rods awsy. and de.
.itins To get the hr., .ho, a,,he panther.
b. hastily took aim and fired. A fierce
sro-l from the b'snehs. of large OAK.
.lmo., directly overhead. filed Jsfemiah
-iih nioni.hment They had moved
quite d,,sbee away from their CON.
rsde.. and in the d.rkn..s had gone into
closer proximity to the animal than they
wsre aware of. The premature diichNss
Of Jsrmi.h'. gun had LEI, them. or a,
lsas, one Of them In q critical ,i,usiion.
look out. SsiPes. the panther !. pre-
pairing to spring" called out the voice Of
Graham, .. the angry bess, shot ou, from
the osk,o-srd.i,. ould.be..lsy,r. Jsre.
mi.h had expected this. and hastily huns
himself forward beside the trunk Of slrse
tree th., h.d been blown do~n. Ju., q,
thu, moment the sharp report Of the hun.
ter. rifle rang oa, upon the night All.
and the panther struck the earth
~i,h . ,hud. near the 'ersmblins leg. Of
S-ips. A. quickly {. possible be en-.
dsavor,d TO reach the other side Of the
f.ll,n tree. but the panther. movements
-err .wif,er than bis own, and c he
swung over the trunk, It 'pr.ng upon
him and fixed ia teeth 10 h. left atm.
is.i belo~ the shoulder.
sob. oh J., get sr of shes KILN
me :" yelled Jsremish.
The re., Of the party =, the camp. up
on hearing their oomrAde' shout. Of
pain. rushed toward the scene Of eohhie,,
bu, Graham va. equal TO the emergency.
lie gave the panther blow over the
head With the butt Of hi, fo~lins-pieee.
With force sufficient TO knock dosn
bullock IL bes, on, VIA, remsinins
life the animal had.
The hunter. SHOT had morslly
wounded il. bu, the promp, blow from
hi. iias. had undoubtedly saved Ssipe,
from serious injury. A. IL VAS. hl. arm
va. considerably l.eer.,ed. lie vas s''
sisted 10 hi. feet. ehsgrined enough iha,
the affair had turned on, to hi. dl.eom-
f,ure. rather than hi. having gained
laurel. at Grshsm's expense. as be bad
expected Tie W. some~ha, Modified.
when they Lad 40, back 10 camp With
their trophy. by the remark Of Samuel.
that when British works were 10 be ss'
..ul,ed. there WAS no man ~ho sncelled
S~ip,. in bravery.
"Ba,. Jeremiah. ssid he. addressing
him. when hunting pan,her !, j. bes,
10 follow the direction. Of Graham. who
i. possessed OF the requisite experience
and skill 10 meet such antagonists
Ssipes could offer no apology aud did
10, s,,smp, il. The Others had too
much consideration for hi. feelings TO al.
lude TO the circumstance afierward. but
les, it should reach the ears Of Eliza
Jane, he charged Samuel TO see TO Il ,ha,
nothing should be said sboa, IL, ~ be
did no, wish to appear anything bu,
hero in her eyes.
lie had learned a lesson. and while
the party continued hun,ins be willingly
obeyed the directions Of Graham. who
had risen in his estimation, at leas, one
hundred per cent.
The panther was one OF the largest OF
i,s species, and had been attracted toward
the vicinity OF the camp by the presence
o. refuse game. |, va. skinned aud the
hide saved as memsn,o OF their hunting
expedition.
Stretched out again before their camp
fire, the conversation turned on incidents
in hunting. from the affair With the pam
,hsr.
IL We. once in trying situation sew.
eral year. ago. on the Little Androseos-
GIN, remarked Graham.
"Lets have the story. think we can
now fully appreciate it," said the Vir'
ginisn.
"By all means !, will be jas, the
thing TO close the day With and 90 to
sleep on" exclaimed Capt. Jones.
"lt WAS in the northwestern part OF
No. -" began Graham, "and near the
trail along the bank Of the river to Sud-
bury, Csnsdsi. l had been hunting
through ths, region. With . man BY the
name Of King. l, W. late in the fall
and We were nearly ready TO go back to
the settlements. The neare', one then
Was ., New BOstOn,. dis,sn, about fifty
miles. which we could reach with our
traps and furs In about two days. We
bad been very successful and had taken
large number Of skins.
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